Strange phone call

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I remember reading about this a long time ago, but i just got a call from someone that said they are from some IT support and they are calling me about some thing i submitted via my ip address and that i was using some kind of microsoft product. They called me from an unknown number and they guy didnt want to state what the ip address was and instead just hung up. Anyone got a similar calls?

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I would have a lot of fun with one of these callers

Had a friend get one of those calls too, man I wish I was there when it received. Just like messing around with Telemarketers, these guys are much easier to mess with. Haha, would've been a easy cheap laugh.

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Had a friend get one of those calls too, man I wish I was there when it received. Just like messing around with Telemarketers, these guys are much easier to mess with. Haha, would've been a easy cheap laugh.

I would end up making them hang up in frustration, if I was in the right mood I could probably make the call last a good few hours acting dumb and telling them the software they ask me to install was running and have them frustrated as to why they could not remote in

If I was not in the right mood, I`d probably reply "My IP? Ok, what is my IP address"

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I am getting calls from total sec. solutions and also home sec. one and they keep calling a lot....

so each time they call i say i'm a different fruit or veggie and hang up...

once I paced back and forth and said "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" untill they hung up!!!

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I am getting calls from total sec. solutions and also home sec. one and they keep calling a lot....

so each time they call i say i'm a different fruit or veggie and hang up...

once I paced back and forth and said "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" "I'M A POTATO!" untill they hung up!!!

I've recorded a 2 minute long answering machine message on the house phone with the "On hold" music and someone occasionally saying "Your telemarketing BS is very important to us, please hold"

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I actually got one of these calls about 2 weeks ago. I was in a particularly good mood so I let them go on and on about how my Windows PC and my IP address was sending out viruses, and they could remotely log in and fix it, blah blah blah.

So I played along for awhile and pretended to be concerned, and asked what should I do.

They started telling me I needed to provide my credit card information, and some information about my computer, etc., so I finally had enough and said...

"I am now really, really concerned, as you are telling me something is wrong with my Windows computer, but all I own is an Apple Computer. I am on OS X Tiger or some kind of dangerous animal I am pretty sure. So something must really be wrong if it is now saying it is a Windows computer!!. So please tell me what should I do now?"

There was about 5-7 seconds of silence, I could hear papers rustling in the background, then I just heard "and a good day to you sir" and they hung up.

So yeah, play along, and then say you have a Mac. Should confuse them enough to leave you alone for good. At least it did for me. :laugh:

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My nan had a similar phone call a few weeks ago. She was told her computer was sending out spam email and that she needed to pay these people to sort it out.

I think she's aware that these types of scams exist but at the same time I reckon she could be led astray if someone is very convincing.

Only problem for them is that she doesn't even have a computer, let alone internet access.

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